The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Fun, exciting tools and techniques can help very young kids understand math and learn computational thinking. Today’s guest, Steve Floyd, tells us how. Sponsor: FREE MATH RESOURCE The US Matific Games are coming this February. Try Matific free now and sign up to join their Math games. And its free! Listen Now.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 18, 2019

To meet this demand, there has been ongoing discussion on how to best educate our kids for a STEM-focused future. How can we best equip our kids with the necessary skills to face future challenges? Game-Based Learning Educators have long been using game-based learning strategies to boost student engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Sixth-grade teacher Jessica Gordon@ 1337teach gives us tips, ideas, and links for how to gamify our classrooms now. Game based learning can be simple and free. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Game based learning can be simple and free.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With game-based learning , students’ intrinsic motivation and love for play can lead them toward complex problem solving. Take a look at a few ST Math games below, and see for yourself how trial and error allots students the opportunity to further develop their conceptual understanding. Gameplay With a Purpose.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

London, ON – Cyber Legends, the fun, free game that empowers kids to learn online safety through play, today announced the launch of the Cyber Legends Gaming platform and its availability to schools across North America. Cyber Legends also comes with tons of free resources to help teachers, parents, and children.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

” e The post How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

She shares her thoughts on innovation and how to stay motivated when you’re exhausted. Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. The Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection is here! Related Resources. Karen Lirenman talks about the challenges and opportunities of teaching K-2 students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Additionally, when you launch a type of classroom games that you’ve not built before, Educaplay will share a short tutorial video to help you create that type of activity. ABC Games: For Comprehensive Vocabulary. This type of classroom game requires quite a few items because it goes through the alphabet to test knowledge.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When Roanoke County Public Schools gathered educators for their first training in how to teach with Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE), “you could hear the rumble in the room,” says Jeff Terry, the district’s director of technology. And in our elementary schools, every classroom has five laptops and Minecraft is being used there as well.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. Related Resources – Augmented Reality. In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Subscribe to the Show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. They were given a basic structure of being able to live with some food and resources and stuff. It has resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Resources Mentioned in This Show. Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. But Alana, we are talking about how to end the school year. Well, what are some of those secrets you plan so that, especially this year, how are you going to end the school year well, this year?

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

We were thrilled to catch up with long-time users of Common Sense resources as well as introduce our work to many more of you. Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. .

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

Game Based Learning is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom as well generate excitement for students. 50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. Also, there is a teacher portal w/ lots of resources for educators.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Blog Posts —advice about ESSA, the buzz about VR, and how to teach with Snapchat. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling. K-12 LMS Prep Test —how to evaluate curriculum, outcomes, flexibility and more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. In this post, I share with you a wide variety of resources where you can search for and find fun math games to use with your students in and out of class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Billy is currently a Computer & Resource Reading Room Teacher in Woodland Park, New Jersey. Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software. SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor. How to join a Twitter chat tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayfu0s3ypX4&feature=youtu.be.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. and learn about it on their own. That was Day 1.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Tuniversitiy’s first offering is a book on how to reproduce Williams’ own song, “Happy,” and includes step-by-step tutorials on how students can create the song for themselves within Garageband. So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. The book costs $4.99

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Dystopia 2153 - An innovative new site that teaches programming/coding through the use of game based learning and graphic novels. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard. Edji - An innovative new site for annotating texts for collaborative learning.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 9, 2015

I have been asked to return to teach summer enrichment classes on maker education for elementary-aged learners at a local school during the summer of 2016. The description is: Learn how to code first by playing games and then by coding some bots including Sphero, OZOBOT, and Dash and Dot. Robot Turtles Game.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Learn more about gaming while at ISTE—and beyond: Book a meeting at ISTE 2018 to learn about Classcraft’s Engagement Management System for schools and districts, and the Quests Marketplace featuring partners like Google Education, Discovery Educator Network, Newsela, LRNG, Breakout EDU and OER Commons.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. We showed them how to use the paint can tool to put color in the cells, and we told them to create a jack-o’-lantern. But they didn’t know how to spell the compound word. We showed them how to use the Voice Notes in the Speaker Notes to type the word.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Below is an enhanced transcript, modified for your reading pleasure.For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

I often put this question to others, as fewer learning resources does not mean less learning opportunities. Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning. Using a station rotation model to make the best use of resources.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2022

Educators can save time by exploring some of the many resources (free and paid) that make it easy to provide valuable lessons. Also, there are many financial literacy games that teachers can try out, which are a great way to get students interested in this topic! How do I get my students into Financial Literacy? .

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Below is an enhanced transcript, modified for your reading pleasure. Enhanced Transcript. VR as a new educational paradigm. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e204. Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

According to the surveyed candidates who are now not working in STEM fields, they did not pursue a STEM career due to a lack of access to resources and opportunities. Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning. AR makes virtual learning possible in a completely risk-free environment.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e Xtranormal) by typing a script. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. 10 Keys to Purpose Driven Learning. Vicki: Michael Matera @mrmatera is my favorite game-based learning guru, but today we’re going to talk about keys to purpose-driven learning. I taught you how to live life.”. Stream by clicking here.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Be sure to use NASEF’s helpful resources to guide you. Decide how to recruit student leaders or support students who want to start an esports team. Dennis also was a classroom teacher for 13 years, with experience in elementary, alternative education, and special education. What goals and outcomes do you want it to address?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Perry elementary school in Brooklyn, NY. Williams may have never considered herself to be a "tech person," but she recognized the value of code and discovered how a supportive community could empower her and her students to learn. Roadblock: I am not a programmer, so I can’t learn how to code.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Mobile learning and BYOD (bring your own device) is making it easier students to learn, especially in the subject of Math. 50 Math Sites and Apps 4 Dice: Fraction Games - A great iOS app for learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. This list is in alphabetical order.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. They are assigned a topic and divided into specific groups (as known as typical collaborative learning groups.) Students gather information using the web and are taught to reference and give credit to their resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2017

How to get started. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Louis, Missouri, she began her teaching career at Buder Elementary within the St. with us and she has done a previous episode with us on game-based learning that was awesome.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. At the core of gaming is the concept of a challenge, and a player’s journey to meet it. “I The game has a very specific role.”.

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